24-01-2019, 01:01 AM
I realise the cost of labour is crippling but 1,000 quid seems a lot. If provided with exact instructions of what required surely there would be someone within the Clubs able to oblige more reasonably. Did the pattern include a dedicated casting box?
As a matter of interest does anyone know if original brake drums were plain or malleable cast iron, meehanite or alloy, and what are replacements? Ductile iron?
Plain iron seems weak altho many of the reskimmed steel drums cannot exactly be strong!
As a matter of interest does anyone know if original brake drums were plain or malleable cast iron, meehanite or alloy, and what are replacements? Ductile iron?
Plain iron seems weak altho many of the reskimmed steel drums cannot exactly be strong!